China to end anti-dumping probe on U.S. distillers grains

beijing / reuters / China is ending an anti-dumping probe on imports of U.S. distillers dried grains, opening the gates for more purchases of the feed ingredient. China’s Commerce ministry launched the probe 1-1/2 years ago at the request of four Chinese ethanol makers. The companies withdrew the request recently, the government said. China’s imports


Price Spread Limiting DDGS Usage In Canada

COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA Ample domestic feed grain supplies together with high prices for corn-based DDGS (dried distillers grains with solubles) from the U.S. are currently limiting usage of the ethanol byproduct in Canadian livestock rations, according to market participants. The price spread is too wide right now, said Ryan Slozka, senior commodity trader with

Using DDGS Effectively To Reduce Feed Costs

Over the last decade, the availability of dried distillers grains with solubles, or DDGS, has increased rapidly, while the price of cereal grains has escalated. This is forcing the livestock industry to take a hard look at how to utilize the byproducts of industrial processes that use not only grains, but also oilseeds and pulses.


Rapemeal Seen Threatened By U. K. Biofuels Expansion

Rapeseed meal’s place in animal feed rations in Britain looks under threat with the first of two major bioethanol ref ineries due to enter commercial production soon, industry sources said Jan. 28. Ensus is due to ramp up its biorefinery in northeast England during the first quarter of this year. It will take about 1.1

Distillers Grain Set To Ride Ethanol Coattails

Demand for distill-ers grain, a byproduct of distilling corn into ethanol, will continue to grow domestically and abroad as livestock producers turn to the feed as a cheaper alternative to corn, analysts said. And with the ethanol industry gearing up for a better year in 2010 after the financial crisis of 2008 triggered by corn